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  1. Gillean

    Credential: first stamp and starting date

    I think if you were to just explain the situation and ask them to use your actual start date on the Certificate of Completion when you visit the Pilgrim Office they would be willing to do that. Seems like a small ask to me.
  2. Gillean

    Orujo

    I think that would be the bar at Morgade
  3. Gillean

    Orujo

    Looks like Mercedes at Molina Golochas near Villavente. Lovely lady and a great hostess.
  4. Gillean

    Immersion Spanish...

    There is a book titled "Camino Lingo" available on Amazon which has a collection of useful Spanish phrases for the camino.
  5. Gillean

    Guided vs. Self-Guided Caminos

    Everyone walks their own walk. But this is what I would recommend. Before worrying about a guided or unguided pilgrimage work out a plan to prepare yourself before the walk. Walk a bunch of km with a backpack. Maybe 250 or so. Work yourself up to walks of 15 - 20 km at a go. If you do this...
  6. Gillean

    LIVE from the Camino Buy earplugs if the snoring annoys you...

    There always has been and there always will be snoring in albergues and there always will be stories of nights of misery from those who have been kept awake thereby. Always. And all the complaints, lamentations, and shamings, as far as I can tell, have done nothing, repeat nothing, to reduce the...
  7. Gillean

    Snoring in albergue!

    If snoring bothers you then I suggest you take countermeasures. I recommend "mighty plugs" http://www.mcnews.com/mcn/features/2012SeptLastPg.pdf . They work for me if I choose to use them. But mostly I don't. If I hear snoring in an albergue it gives a warm fuzzy feeling. It means my people are...
  8. Gillean

    Early Morning Pilgrims - Suggestion

    If you are concerned about being woken up by early risers I have two suggestions: Eagle Creek eye shades - they even have a pocket for: Mighty Plugs ear plugs. Or you could hope that somehow ill-mannered people will read a forum post, see the error of their ways and modify their behaviour...
  9. Gillean

    LIVE from the Camino Buy earplugs if the snoring annoys you...

    Best wishes to you too Katie.
  10. Gillean

    LIVE from the Camino Buy earplugs if the snoring annoys you...

    Snoring is involuntary. A Spanish woman told me today that every pilgrim has the right to snore. I agree. And that will be aggravated by exhaustion and evil things like vino tinto. An apology might be a nice gesture but should not be expected. No one in an albergue should be expected to be given...
  11. Gillean

    Words, words, words. Which ones bug you and why?

    Bought a Valor chocolate bar to give to a friend as a birthday present on the Camino. Couldn't find any wrapping paper so I wrapped it in toilet tissue stained with yellow streaks from a highlighter. I told him that the Camino had provided.
  12. Gillean

    funniest things seen abandoned on camino

    Tan-coloured smart wool size 10 1/2? I loved that sock!
  13. Gillean

    funniest things seen abandoned on camino

    I started using these to clip my socks to my pack for drying - worked great!
  14. Gillean

    Two questions - Albergue etiquette and credenciales!

    The fools usually think they are the wise ones. Maybe they are.
  15. Gillean

    Fragrance of the Camino

    pine forest on a hot afternoon
  16. Gillean

    Fragrance of the Camino

    Orujo de hierbas
  17. Gillean

    Coffee

    If you are walking 800 km you are going to see every possible response to each of your questions. But to summarize: no, you are not guaranteed to have coffee available early in the morning and no, most albergues do not serve coffee early in the morning. On the bright side some albergues have a...
  18. Gillean

    Albergue kitchens

    I agree completely with jozero although, as far as knives go, I am partial to the French Opinel No. 7 which is a simple but brilliant design which is light, locks open (and closed) using the twist collar and has a beautifully thin blade which is perfect for slicing and dicing everything from...
  19. Gillean

    Cairns/stacking stones.

    My friend Terry (in the photo) and I enjoyed making it and hoped that a few people got a bit of a laugh out of it at the end of a long climb that day.
  20. Gillean

    Camino Apocalypse

    When I walked the Camino Frances in 2014 I walked much of it with a Spanish man who was in his mid 30s but had walked the Camino from Sarria when he was in high school. He enjoyed the 100 km walk very much but he definitely noticied the pilgrims who had come from further away and he recognized...

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